5. First, Derby had to pull strings to get to fight in the war. Second, his treatment of Roland Weary shows him to be a good man. Third, Derby is one of the few men who actually appears fit enough to be a soldier.

6. He kicks and makes noise in his sleep.

7. He says Tralfamadorians see time stretched out like the Rocky Mountains.

8. Roland Weary and the kindly bum both die.

9. It was intended to be a place for the extermination of Russian captives.